Machine for feeding and cutting labels



y 1942- J. HOCHMAN ET AL 2 5 MACHINE FOR FEEDING AND CUTTING LABELSFiled Nov. 2, 1939 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 Fig.1.

INVENTORS JACOB HOcHMAN BY 6mm: R.WAKOFF ATTORNl-EY July 28, 1942. -JHQCHMAN ETAL 2,291,551

MACHINE FOR FEEDING AND CUTTING LABELS Filed Nov. 2, 1939 3 Sheets-Sheet2 as i e INVENTORS JAco e HOCHMAN SlMON R. WAKOFF MWJW ATTORNEY Jul 28,1942. H H N ETAL 2,291,551

MACHINE FOR FEEDING AND CUTTING LABELS INVENTORS JAcoB HOCHMAN SumonR.WAKOFF BY -1 I I ATTORNEY Patente d July 28, 1942 UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE 2,291,551 FOR FEEDING AND C'l JTTmG- LABELS Jacob Hochman andSimon R. Wakofl, lirooklyn, N. Y., assignors to B & 3 Machine Co. Inc.,a

corporation of New York Application November 2, 1939, Serial No. 302,574

1 Claim. (01. 270-93) a labels, one end of which is threaded throughvmechanism for cutting or severing the individual labels therefrom, meansfor feedingsaid labels throughfolding and creasing structure, passingsaid labels through hot-press creasing and ironing rollers, an'd-offeeding said labels vided with a fulcrum head l3 supporting bearing l9and-at the opposite end bearing 20 for said main operating shaft 6, thelatter being actuatable through sheave 5 of the belt driven powertransmission.

Shaft 6 has mounted thereon a cam 2| for I actuating the strip or tapefeeding mechanism,

a cam 22 for actuating the knife or cutter mechanism, a cam 23 forlifting the belt feeding means and a worm gear 24 for actuating thefolded label pressing mechanism. Table i3 of the auxiliary frame I hasmounted-thereon a through tabulating mechanism for counting the sameeither individually or in predetermined group lots as desired.

In the following there is described the major essentials of theinvention, the features thereof being more clearly defined hereinafterin the claim forming part hereof.

In the drawings Fig. 1 is an end elevation of the label feeding,cutting, folding and tabulateing apparatus; Fig. 2 is a plan elevationof the device; Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view of the apparatustaken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2 of the drawings; Fig. 4 is an elevationpartly in sectional view of the cutting mechanism, and

means for actuating the same; Fig. 5 is a plan frame carrying a motor 2,a pulley 3 and belting 4 for transmitting power to a main sheave 5disposed on shaft 6 mounted in suitable bearings therefore on secondaryor auxiliary sup-v porting frame I. Table top 8 of frame i has mountedthereon goose-neck arm 3 provided with apertured bearing Hi to receivethe pin of sheave H carrying a spool of label tape I2 the free end ofwhich is threaded into the feeding,

cutting, folding and tabulating mechanism hereinafter described.

standard support 25 having disposed thereon a stationary platform 26upon which the severed labels are deposited after cutting and from whichthe belt feeding mechanism carries it to the forming folding mechanism.

Platform l3 has mounted thereon vertical supporting brackets. 21carrying arms 28 into which the movable belt feeding means is disposedwhich consists of laterally extending side frames 29 pinioned therein at30 supported at their central position by tie rod 3i and having mountedin bearings 32 a pulley 33 and at their opposite endsa shaft 34 carryinga drum 35, said pulley 33 and drum 35 having mounted thereon a feed belt36, the-.ends of-said shaft 34 finding bearing in the loose socket ends31 of standards 38, the latter thereof a carrying vertically extendingrocker supports; 39 the upper angular ends of which have mounted thereinplungers 40 having at their lower ends loose bearing caps 4| controlledby means of compression springs 42 for maintaining the bearing pressureon said shaft 34 the object of which is to provide means for displacingor moving said feeding mechanism away from the adjacent operative partsof the Auxiliary frame 1 consists of a table I3 mounted on member 8 offrame I, carrying thereon standard brackets 14 supporting at their upperfulcrumed heads i5 supporting bearings l6,-and at the lateral end ofshaft 6, a standard I1 pro- 3l having disposed therein a belt tensioningroller and one member or side frame 29 may likewise have mounted thereina similar tensioning roller 45 for maintaining the equalized travel ofthe belt 36 forfeeding the several labels through the formative foldingand enumerating portions of the structure.

Table [3 has attached thereto a transverse and upwardly extending frame46 carrying a supporting plate 41 having pivotally mounted therein at 48a rocker arm 49 carrying at its upper end a sliding 'block 50 which isin turn slideably disposed on guide rods 5| set in one leg of frame 21and one upright of'frame 46. Said block 50 has mounted therein a yoke 52carrying a pin 53 carrying an adjustable spanner 54 into which onalplane to assist in its step-like operation of feeding the label tape I!from its supply spool ll. Said block 56 is provided with pressure setscrews 56 for maintaining its sliding action on rods and has attachedthereto a cable 51 passing over pulley 58 on frame 46 and carrying onits end a weight 59 for assisting the feeding mechanism in its returnpositions. Rocker arm 49 has cut therein a slot 60 to receive pin 6| onactuating arm 62 mounted on stud 63 which is disposed eccentrically oncam 2| to produce a cam actuator means, said cam 2| being mounted on themain drive shaft 6 of the structure as previously defined hereinabove.

Frame 46 has mounted thereon an auxiliary support 64 carrying areception plate 65 having mounted on its outer end a label tapetensioning bar 66 under which said tape passes, said plate 65 havingadjustably mounted thereon transversely with relation thereto guideplates '6'! spaceable toward and away from one another to provide meansfor taking label tapes of varying widths, the space between said plates61 being the feeding area in which the feeding leg 55 protrudes saidlabel tape to the cutting unit of the device.

Cutter table 26 is mounted on frame 66 which has pivotally mountedtherein at 69 a knife blade 16 mounted on arm H having a slot 12engaging pin 13 on reciprocable stem 14 mounted in hearing 15 and havingmounted in its lower end a roller 16 engaging the actuator cam 22 onsaid shaft 6, the operation thereof being by reason of the verticallydisposed moment of said stem 14 by said cam 22 the knife blade receivesits oscillatory action to effect its cutting action.

Feeding belt 36 has disposed against it on its under side tensioningrolls 1! for maintaining a pressure thereon when slide 18 mounted inguides 19 are actuated by arm 80 to place a lifting moment against belt36 to permit the single severed label to be carriedthereby to the formermatrix BI said arm 80 being actuated by the lifting moment provided bysaid cam 23 on said shaft 6. Each vertical action of stem 14 trips afinger 82 on tabulator 83 provided for counting the number of severed orcut labels passing through the apparatus. The forming matrix 8| consistsof a supporting plate 84 disposed on straps 85 attached to side plates29 and comprises a converging side walled chute 86 having curved formingrims 81 and a crimping plate 88 arranged to fold the ends of the labelover on itself and through which the belt 36 passes to engage the saidlabels by friction to convey same to the pressing drum 35 wherewith anelectrically heated ironing roll 89 is disposed on journals, a gear 90on shaft 54 meshing with gear 9| on said heat roller receiving itstransmitted power through worm gear 62 engaging worm 24 on the maindrive shaft 6 of the apparatus. After the labels are hot pressed betweendrum 34 and heated ironer 89, a discharge chute 93 mounted at thedischarge end of the machine receives such completely out formed countedand pressed labels 94 for final disposition. The operation of theapparatus is as follows: A spool of printed fabric labels in the form ofan endless tape is mounted on the machine, one end threaded into thefeeding mechanism whereby continuous actuation said label tape is fed toa continuous cutting mechanism whereat each cutting action the labelsare counted and passed separately to a formative folding unit, whereinsame have then severed ends folded over and are conveyed to hot pressmeans between the rollers of which the label is completely ironed andflattened thence to a discharge collective means as desired.

It is obvious that the apparatus may be varied in many ways withoutdeparting from the spirit of the invention.

What We claim and desire to secureby Letters Patent of the United Statesis:

A device of the character described comprising a label cutting,counting, creasing and pressing mechanism consisting of main andauxiliary supporting means, a continuous roll of unformed tape disposedon a suitable supporting spindle forming part of said mechanism, feedingmechanism for said tape, means for segregating saidtape into individuallabels, means for counting said labels passing said cutting means, meansfor carrying said labels from said cutting means to said folding means,means for creasing the edges of said labels in folded and crimped form,an electrically heated pressing means, means for carrying said foldedlabels through said crimping means to and through said pressing means,and means operative from the drive shaft of said actuative mechanismcontrolling the feeding, cutting, folding, counting and pressing meansfrom one or a common point.

JACOB HOCHMAN. SIMON R. WAKOFF.

